Energy issues dominated the environment reporting here this year as Michigan struggled with the ecological costs of power generation and the proper regulation of the means of power generation.The year began with news that CMS Energy had received a permit from the state to build a hotly contested 830 megawatt coal plant at its Karn/Weadock facility in Essexville, but it soon became clear that the planned facility faced obstacles beyond state regulation.
In a report to investors in March, CMS warned that federal environmental laws and regulations related to greenhouse gas emissions and coal ash disposal would become more stringent and that the company will be required to make significant new investments in upgrades to pollution control equipment
http://michiganmessenger.com/45225/year-in-review-energy-is-top-environmental-issue-in-2010#
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